Table 2 Sample characteristics by class membership
Total N=1,330 | Neutralists (n=47) | Hedonists (n=482) | Maximalists (n=801) | Χ2 statistica | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Education | Low | 27% | 45% | 26% | 26% | 11.11 |
Middle | 46% | 40% | 48% | 45% | * | |
High | 27% | 15% | 26% | 29% | ||
Yearly | <€13,300 | 40% | 79% | 45% | 34% | 58.72 |
household | €13,300-41,200 | 30% | 19% | 32% | 30% | *** |
income | >€41,200 | 30% | 2% | 23% | 36% | |
Age | 25-35 | 22% | 13% | 21% | 23% | 4.67 |
35-45 | 24% | 28% | 23% | 24% | ns | |
45-55 | 32% | 40% | 32% | 32% | ||
55-60 | 23% | 19% | 24% | 22% | ||
Gender | Female | 57% | 68% | 56% | 58% | 2.47 |
Male | 43% | 32% | 44% | 42% | ns | |
Employment | Paid | 63% | 36% | 52% | 71% | 62.36 |
status | Other | 37% | 64% | 48% | 29% | *** |
Ethnicity | Dutch | 95% | 96% | 95% | 95% | 0.32 |
Non-Dutch | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | ns | |
Future focus | Low | 4% | 11% | 6% | 3% | 39.18 |
Middle | 35% | 47% | 42% | 31% | *** | |
High | 61% | 42% | 52% | 66% | ||
Financial | Low | 18% | 8% | 17% | 20% | 16.02 |
strain | Middle | 33% | 28% | 29% | 35% | ** |
High | 49% | 64% | 54% | 45% | ||
Not being ill | Important | 94% | 38% | 92% | 99% | 308.66 |
Unimportant | 6% | 62% | 8% | 1% | *** | |
Living a long | Important | 68% | 30% | 39% | 87% | 341.93 |
life | Unimportant | 32% | 70% | 61% | 13% | *** |
Spare time | Important | 91% | 11% | 85% | 100% | 487.06 *** |
Unimportant | 9% | 89% | 15% | 0% | ||
Financial situation | Important | 90% | 34% | 79% | 100% | 319.60 *** |
Unimportant | 10% | 66% | 21% | 0% | ||
Family | Important | 89% | 21% | 77% | 100% | 386.48 *** |
Unimportant | 11% | 79% | 23% | 0% | ||
Friendships | Important | 85% | 11% | 68% | 100% | 456.96 *** |
Unimportant | 15% | 89% | 32% | 0% | ||
Neighbour-hood | Important | 83% | 9% | 73% | 94% | 293.62 *** |
Unimportant | 17% | 91% | 27% | 6% | ||
Work | Important | 61% | 4% | 37% | 79% | 288.81 *** |
Unimportant | 39% | 96% | 63% | 21% | ||
Religion | Important | 27% | 4% | 23% | 32% | 24.76 *** |
Unimportant | 73% | 96% | 77% | 68% |